Afghanistan
Marines go further into town on 2nd day of offensive
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Pakistan
Sectarian violence hits Pakistani town
Philippines
At least 31 Abu Sayyaf militants and 23 soldiers have been killed in intense combat in Basilan province as government troops sustained a massive offensive against terrorist encampments in the remote jungle. The military began the offensive against Abu Sayyaf last month, after Italian Red Cross worker Antonio Vagni was rescued from captivity.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed two tribal leaders in Bajaur and a tribal leader in North Waziristan and wounded a paramilitary troop in a rocket attack in Landi Kotal. The military killed 12 Taliban fighters in attacks on camps in Kurram and Arakzai.
Pakistan
More Pakistanis view Al-Qaeda, Taliban negatively, poll finds
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda’s surf chick
Somalia
Seven Pakistani clerics were killed in Puntland; Puntland officials are blaming each other for the deaths. Two civilians were killed during shelling in Mogadishu. Shabaab said it captured weapons en route to rival clans in central Somalia.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Trivializing the issue
Pakistan
Pakistan – ‘Discovery of mass graves in Swat™
United States
Georgia man convicted of aiding terror groups
Anti-Taliban tribal leaders assassinated in Pakistan’s northwest
Pro-government tribal leaders in South Waziristan and Bajaur were killed in attacks. Tribes are forming anti-Taliban militias in Lakki Markat and Kohistan. The Pakistani military attacks Taliban bases in Kurram and Arakzai.
Yemen
Yemeni planes bomb north province for 2nd day
Lebanon
Three wounded in north Lebanon bombing
Iraq
Two suicide bombers killed 20 Iraqis and wounded 35 more in Sinjar. Security forces detained 17 wanted men in Basrah and two al Qaeda operatives in Makhmour, and defused IEDs in Ninewa and Fallujah. The police are preparing to take control of the city of Mosul.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 14 civilians during bombings in Helmand and Kandahar. Three ISAF soldiers were killed in a IED attack in southern Afghanistan. Former President Rabbani survived an ambush on his convoy in Kunduz; police said two policemen were killed and 20 Taliban fighters were killed and wounded during clashes in the province. Afghan and […]
Iran
Iran’s envoy to the IAEA asked the UN to hold a conference of 150 countries to vote on a proposal which bans attacks on nuclear installations. Foreign Minister Mottaki warned against an expanded U.S. military presence in Latin America. Former presidential candidate Karroubi urged investigation into prison rape allegations.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Trivialising the issue
Afghanistan
Taliban mortar team cut down by Canadians
Europe
French pool bans ‘burkini’ swim
United Kingdom
Lockerbie bomber ‘to be released’
Russia
Ingushetian Construction Minister Ruslan Amirkhanov was shot dead by insurgents as he was working in his office. Amirkhanov is the latest in a series of senior politicians targeted by the Caucasus Emirate. Two policemen were killed in a shooting in the Chechen capital of Grozny.
Yemen
Deaths mount amid Yemen offensive
Pakistan
Clashes between Baitullah Mehsud’s forces and the Abdullah Mehsud Group in Tank reportedly led to more than 70 Taliban fighters killed. Two children were killed in an IED blast in Bajaur. Security forces detained 46 suspected Taliban fighters in Swat.
Philippines
In an early morning raid by the military on an Abu Sayyaf jungle encampment, 10 fighters were killed and an arsenal of improvised explosive devices was discovered and detonated. Ten other Abu Sayyaf gunmen were killed in a separate raid in Basilan province. Over 500 Army soldiers, marines, and police are engaged in an offensive […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Lots of talk, few answers
Taliban groups reportedly clash in South Waziristan
Turkistan Bhittani, a leader of an anti-Baitullah Mehsud Taliban group, claimed that more than 60 were killed in a battle with Baitullah’s forces in the frontier town of Jandola. The report is unconfirmed.
Afghanistan
Canada’s Afghan departure would hurt NATO: expert
Afghanistan
NATO commander sees Afghan victory
Afghanistan
US Marines and Afghan troops launched an operation to take the town of Dahaneh in the Now Zad district in Helmand province from the Taliban; seven Taliban fighters have been killed. Afghan security forces killed eight Taliban fighters in Farah and a suicide bomber in Khost. Afghan and ISAF forces detained four Taliban fighters in […]
Iraq
A senior police officer was gunned down south of Mosul. One policeman was killed and six were wounded in an IED attack in Kirkuk. A suicide bomber wounded five Iraqis in Ramadi. Security forces detained an insurgent transporting a car bomb north of Hillah and detonated a truck bomb in Mosul.